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Show Ins. As it speeds iron engine becomes tll( scnger carrying his n,m, , f 'e engine"' na bohc of mighty deed' ventures in the h t M& boyhood. Froni tg 4 American boys have I the heroism of rail who stopped their ,dei very verge of disaster '"f men who went out of . save lives, but m'f' the engineer and the'I 1 cupy first thoughts wS' . Always the engine w ( in a country that the k fondling the cord attached to the whistle, pulling down the throttle. A glamorous figure, the railroad engineer always has been and probably prob-ably always will be a hero to the growing boy. There Is a reason. The man who controls a railroad engine has In his hands the power to move worlds. A train, gliding over the countryside country-side in the twilight or the early dawn of day, has aboard all the boyhood fancies. On the side of the road, whether he be standing In a corn field or on a sidewalk watching a train go by, the average boy dreams of far-distant places where the train Is go- LOCOMOTIVE EVER THE CENTER OF BOYHOOD DREAMS In the lexicon of youth there Is one word that fires the imagination locomotive. Even though the airplane has come to capture the fancy of youth, the railroad engine still maintains Its place in the affections of young boys. Love of the railroad engine goes back to the dim past of this country. There is hardly a boy In America who, at some time, has not looked with Immeasurable pride on a railroad rail-road engine, whether it be standing in the yards" or in a railroad station or plowing Its way across country. In his mind the average boy sees himself sitting at the cab window |